Category Volcanic Ash

Explosive Activity At The Summit Crater Has Intensified At Klyuchevskoy Volcano, Kamchatka Explosive activity at the summit crater has intensified. The volcano produces a near constant steam and ash plume of fluctuating size. The ash plume reaches about 21,000 ft…

More Than 5,000 Flee Erupting Indonesian Volcano   More than 5,000 people have fled their homes in western Indonesia in recent days following a series of violent volcanic eruptions, an official said Tuesday. Mount Sinabung on the north of Sumatra…

Strong Semi-Continuous Ash Emissions And Relatively Strong Strombolian Explosions At Yasur Volcano,Tanna Island, Vanuatu Strong semi-continuous ash emissions and relatively strong strombolian explosions that eject large bombs outside the crater were reported by John Seach, a regular visitor to the…

Alert Raised As Mt Sinabung Volcanic Activity Increases, Indonesia The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) announced on Sunday that the status of Mount Sinabung in Karo regency, North Sumatra, had been raised from waspada (caution) to siaga (alert) due to…

Volcano Shiveluch Again Spews Kilometres-High Ash Column   Volcano Shiveluch on Kamchatka again has spewed ash up to ten km above sea level. It creates no danger for the population. No ash falls have been reported, the Kamchatka office of…

Mount Etna Volcano Erupts; Airspace Briefly Closed Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has erupted, sending up a towering plume of ash visible in much of eastern Sicily. Etna’s eruptions aren’t infrequent, although the last major one occurred in 1992.…

Zhupanovsky Volcano On Kamchatka Spews Ash To 4 km The Zhupanovsky volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula has spewed ash to a height of 4 km above sea level, the ash cloud has moved 75 km southwest from the volcano towards…

Volcano Popocatepetl, Mexico Has Intense Volcanic Activity After the passage of several hurricanes and heavy rains, it has created a new lava dome, which has started to break, causing these large exhalations of volcanic material. Remember that the people closest…

Russian Volcanic Eruption Prompts Airspace Warnings In Alaska A volcano in Russia’s Kamchatka region climaxed a week of eruptions by spewing ash 33,000 feet (10,058 meters) into the air over the weekend, forcing the US National Weather Service (NWS) to…

Explosive Eruption Produces Ash Plume To 20-23,000 ft Altitude At Shiveluch Volcano, Kamchatka As if it was jealous of Klyuchevskoy, the other volcano currently in violent eruption, Shiveluch has increased its activity recently. Dome growth has gained speed again, producing…